 | 1878 - 740 sivua
...excess of the wages earned before 1867. The " workmen took the difference in idleness and dissipation ; in most " establishments it became the rule to close from Saturday night to " Tuesday morning, and it was only on Wednesdays that work was " fairly resumed." I have seen extracts from the German... | |
 | 1878 - 230 sivua
...excess of the wages earned before 1867. The workmen took the difference in idleness and dissipation ; in most establishments it became the rule to close from Saturday night till Tuesday morning, and it was only on Wednesdays that work was fairly resumed." Let us examine the... | |
 | Thomas Brassey (1st earl.) - 1878 - 404 sivua
...excess of the wages earned before 1867. The workmen took the difference in idleness and dissipation ; in most establishments it became the rule to close from Saturday night till Tuesday morning, and it was only on Wednesdays that work was fairly resumed.' Let us examine the... | |
 | Earl Thomas Brassey Brassey, Thomas Brassey - 1916 - 222 sivua
...excess of the wages earned before 1867. The workmen took the difference in idleness and dissipation ; in most establishments it became the rule to close from Saturday night to Tuesday morning, and it was only on Wednesdays that work was fairly resumed.' I have seen extracts from the German newspapers... | |
 | Royal Statistical Society (Great Britain) - 1878 - 740 sivua
...excess of the wages earned before 1867. The " workmen took the difference in idleness and dissipation ; in most " establishments it became the rule to close from Saturday night to " Tuesday morning, and it was only on Wednesdays that work was " fairly resumed." I have seen extracts from the German... | |
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according to the unvarying testimony of the employers, the actual wages earned in 1872 and subsequent years were scarcely in excess of the wages earned before 1867. The workmen took the difference in idleness and dissipation ; in most establishments... 